Religious freedom battle 'daunting,' but bishops urged to persist

"Sometimes it might seem that fighting or struggling against threats to religious liberty is a daunting task," Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore acknowledged, but we know that "with God all things are possible."

Mary shines forth on earth, until the day of the Lord shall come, as a sign of sure hope and solace to the people of God during its sojourn on earth." Vatican Council II, Lumen Gentium, 68